A tourists perspective of Oslo

Just a few more general pictures from Norway for you folks. I am listening to NPR on the internet right now. Laugh if you want but I almost started crying when I heard "this is morning edition". Sigh. Now I am in heaven. Norway with NPR. This is truly the life. I have done many of the tourist things here so here you are: enjoy!

No trip to Europe is complete without seeing at the changing of the guard at least once at, yep, a medieval castle! Check this one off the list.

Akershus fortress built by a Norwegian king-not a Danish one thank you very much.

Have to throw in a token Stavkirke here. Honestly though, these buildngs take my breath away. I love this strong evidence of the Vikings from the early christian period. There are runic inscriptions carved into one of the support posts in this particular church. Sigh, history!

Wow, a real live Sami! And he is dishing up real reindeer meat and broth. For those of you who have always wondered what Rudolph might taste like: he's delicious:)

Here is Holmenkollen with a Freia Chocolate truck chilling in front. Such a Norwegian picture. A little sidenote here: Kraft foods purchased Freia in the 90s and proceeded to break their promises to the Norwegian government by moving the main factory to Estonia for cheap labor and selling many of the original Edvard Munch pictures in the factory cafeteria to private collectors. Isn't it nice when cultures come together to produce a good quality product at a low cost. So nice!

Aha, and here is the beautiful Vigeland Park. Very popular tourist destination in Oslo. But it's not what you think: people don't come here to see naked bodies: it's art. And beautiful art too.

Behewtiful Norwegian Day.